LOWER SALFORD — A Lower Salford Township man was arrested on Easter Sunday after police said he assaulted a woman and her daughter, who also reside in his home.

Lower Salford police said they responded to the 800 block of Main Street in Harleysville just after 9 p.m. on April 20 for a reported domestic disturbance in which the caller reported that Brett Michael Hager, 36, had gone after her mother, who had locked herself in a bathroom; dispatchers said they could hear a male yelling in the background during the call, police said.

Upon arrival, police encountered both the caller and Hager outside the residence; the girl was upset and crying, and Hager was also visibly upset, police said.

Police said the girl told them that Hager and her mother had been engaged in a verbal argument when Hager “went after” the woman, and the girl intervened; at that point, Hager allegedly grabbed the girl’s neck and threw her to the ground, injuring both her neck and left leg and knocking off her glasses, the girl told officers.

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She then got up and ran outside the house while her mother locked herself in the bathroom, police said the girl told them. Officers said they observed red marks on her neck and leg, and an ambulance was called for medical treatment.

During questioning at the scene, Hager said that he and the girl’s mother were arguing about money, and he accused the woman of “controlling him,” also claiming that the woman had punched him in the face, police said.

Officers said they did not observe any marks on Hager’s face, adding that they detected “a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his person” and that he alternated between talking and yelling loudly during questioning.

Police then spoke with the woman, who was in the presence of four other small children in the house, and she told officers that she and Hager were arguing over finances when Hager “became enraged” and punched a hole in the wall, then smacked her on the left side of her head, and as she tried to get away she injured her foot, police said.

The woman said that her daughter intervened and was assaulted by Hager, police said, and she pointed out the girl’s glasses on the floor and the hole in the wall.

Officers said they observed a red abrasion on the left side of the woman’s face and an unspecified injury to her foot.

At the scene, police said, one of the woman’s small children told officers, “I saw mommy get punched in the head.”

Hager was then taken into custody and arraigned the next morning before District Judge Albert Augustine of Skippack on four counts of second-degree misdemeanor simple assault, one count of first-degree misdemeanor endangering the welfare of children and two counts of summary harassment.

Augustine set bail at $3,000 cash. Court records show Hager was then committed to Montgomery County Correctional Facility after failing to post bond, although a check of MCCF inmate status Tuesday morning indicated that Hager was no longer incarcerated at the jail.

Hager is due back in Augustine’s courtroom on April 30 for a preliminary hearing.

Court records show that Hager was charged with second-degree misdemeanor simple assault and summary harassment in December after a Dec. 21 arrest by Lower Salford police.

District court personnel said on Tuesday that that case was dismissed on Feb. 11 after the alleged victim — the same woman allegedly assaulted by Hager on Easter Sunday — opted not to pursue the charges in court.